grantimatter

When I lived in Sarasota, he was painted on the side of the police cars...

https://mastodon.social/@rauchway/110074219027996231

Now, he's naked enough to get charter school principals fired.

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/23/florida-principal-fired-michelangelo-david-pornographic

#YourCampusIsNext

Florida school principal fired for showing students Michelangelo's 'pornographic' David sculpture

Tallahassee Classical School's principal, Hope Carrasquilla, was fired following parental complaints her Renaissance curriculum was too risqué

The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Mar 23, 2023 at 9:10pmWeb
Show threadgrantimatterMar 23, 2023
"The school's “classical education curriculum model" is an increasingly popular pedagogical model in Florida that advocates a return to the foundational tenets of Western civilisation. The school is affiliated with Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian institution that has sought to “fight leftist academics” by expanding into charter school fundraising and implementation."
Show threadgrantimatterMar 23, 2023

The more we read about this, the more it is. It's not the *nakedness*, it's the *permission to see nakedness*.

Slate: https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/03/florida-principal-fired-michelangelo-david-statue.html

An Interview With the School Board Chair Who Forced Out a Principal After Michelangelo’s David Was Shown in Class

"Well, we’re Florida, OK?"

Slate
Show threadDarwin WoodkaMar 23, 2023
@grantimatter these whackjob parents are gonna be SO surprised when their kids stop talking to them and move out of the state, aren't they?